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This section aims to support teachers to enhance learning, teaching and assessment across the curriculum using digital. There are links to:

  • planning example documents
  • professional learning
  • ideas, inspiration and resources
  • partners

Why digital literacy?

Children and young people are already required to make use of digital in almost every aspect of their lives and this will only increase as they grow. It is our role as educators to provide them with the skills and knowledge to be able to use the devices, platforms and services that they require for life, learning and work.

Planning documents

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The Digital Literacy Planning Support documents are examples of how educators might plan learner digital literacy learning. The documents identify the Technologies Experience and Outcome, a theme to apply this, suggestions of the skills and knowledge that that might be delivered, and links to some resources that might be relevant.

Professional learning

What digital literacy might look like clpl programme - This programme aims to support teachers develop their own digital literacy curriculum. It will explore the skills that learners need for life, learning and work. Teachers will then be able…

Ideas, inspiration and resoruces

We have split this area of the Technologies curricular area into four themes, these are listed below:

Living with Digital - This page outlines the digital literacy skills and knowledge that learners should have to participate fully in the modern world. This ranges from awareness of digital devices, platforms and services…
Learning with Digital -   This page outlines some of the key digital literacy skills and knowledge that learners could make effective use of in the classroom. This ranges from being able to upload,…
Creativity with Digital - This page outlines some of the applications of digital literacy skills and knowledge that learners could harness in creative ways to reimagine, create and share their ideas. This ranges from…
Searching with Digital - This page outlines some of the key digital literacy skills and knowledge that learners require for finding and evaluating information. This includes being able to use effective search terms, identifying…

Partners

make it happen Make It Happen – supporting schools with digital learning - What is Make it Happen? 'Make It Happen' is a charity who inspire young people in digital technology. Our aim is to encourage young people to go from passive consumers…
Microsoft Immersive Reader Microsoft Immersive Reader - Microsoft Immersive Reader is a free tool, built into Word, OneNote, Outlook, Office Lens, Microsoft Teams, Forms and the Edge browser, that implement techniques to improve reading and writing skills.…
Screening Shorts Screening Shorts: reading film and images - This live lesson will give your learners an opportunity to explore film and screen images as texts. They will explore strategies to make predictions about a film, then use still images from the film to learn about sequencing a screen narrative,…
tech she can TechSheCan – Resources and Industry Partners - About Tech She Can At Tech She Can, the tech careers charity with member organisations spanning +40 sectors, we’re on a mission to increase the number of women and girls pursuing tech careers.…